Juliet aka Rapunzel

So Saturday morning is obviously going to be my prime blog time! I also want to add the disclaimer that my "y" button is being tricky so if there are missing "y's"...get over it! This week was pretty good. By Thursdays I am exhausted and do not even feel like teaching, but hopefully my body and mind will adjust soon. I started teaching Romeo and Juliet this week with my ninth graders. I love teaching Shakespeare. I'm always so giddy the first day and they look at me like an idiot. Then I get my feelings hurt because they do not heart Shakespeare like I do. It's a vicious cycle that I go through at least three times a year, but I still love it. When we start reading, the students either love it or hate it. If they love it, we have the best conversations the whole school year. If they hate it, they sleep, and I've come to accept that. They know that for the entire midterm grade depends on this one play so if they choose to sleep, so be it! There are always lots of questions when we study Shakespeare. And children being children, tend to not listen when someone else asks a question. I have cracked up all week because at least four students have asked me the same question and I've had to clarify on four different occasions. The question is, "When is Juliet going to let her hair down and let Romeo climb up it to her room?" Every time I have responded, "That's not Juliet; that is Rapunzel." Then I get the "you have no idea what you are talking about" look for a few seconds and then they say, "Did Shakespeare write Rapunzel?" "No," I say. Then they follow with a very confused look. You gotta love 9th graders!
Camden is much better from his second spat of RSV. He's spending lots of time with his daddy these days with mommy off at work and school.
I went to Casa Blanca last night to eat for Casey's birthday. I was dying to get home to see Camden since I had been away from him so much this week. I was the first one to leave, which is unusual for me. We had a blast though! I miss those gals.
We have book club next Friday. (I'm taking Camden with me!!) The book was soooo good. I can't wait to discuss.
UNA is just as fabulous as ever. Our Victorian class kicks booty because we only have to go about every other week. Lit Crit makes my head hurt along with a certain student we refer to as J10. She annoys me to no end. If Dr. Adams failed to show up for class, I'm sure she would insist on everyone staying and letting her "lead" our discussion or some crap like that. She makes me want to vomit. I hate when students dominate the discussion and interrupt the professor. I don't give a flip about her opinion. I want to hear from the "DR" not someone who is in the same boat as I am. Ugh!
Well, that's enough J10 for a Saturday morning! Hope everyone has a great weekend! I will because it's looooooong!

Whew! What a Week!

So after four months of being super lazy and birthing a child and such, I had to return to the work world. The kids came back on Wednesday. All in all, they behaved pretty well. The ones who misbehaved before were still the same, but that's life! The worst part of the week was finding out that they had a field day "borrowing" items from my desk. It took a while to realize it but just off the top of my head here is a list of things missing: pens, post-its, EVERY dry erase marker I had (well, they did leave me one but the tip was mashed into the top of the marker. As if I would even use one in that condition!), ALL of my Germ-X, ALL of my tissue, my calculator (a scientific Texas Instrument one which I had since I was in high school...very sentimental! haha), and a slew of Sharpies and Bic permanent markers. Not only did they steal things, but the podium that I purchased with my own money from the AG departments was broken. They fixed it but it is now off center and the wood is split in several places. My feelings were very hurt over these things. The kids have been naming names, but I have no proof. I'm still planning to call the teacher and give her a piece of my mind for letting those kids sit at my desk and podium. They had no business doing that and she should know better.
We also went back to UNA. We have one easy class and one scary class. I'm supposed to be working on scary class right now, but I wanted to blog and catch up on what everyone else was saying. My hubby and baby are still in bed which should be my prime school work time. Camden is sick and I'm sick so we are not attending services this morning. We have had to skip a lot lately because of him being sick. I don't like missing Church.
David and I did have a little date night last night. We had one planned then Camden got sick and I was away from him an awful lot this week. But I have two sweet friends with birthdays coming up that I needed to shop for, and David still really wanted us to have some time together. We went to eat at Cantina Loredo, did the birthday shopping, and jetted back to get Camden from my moms. While we were there, we laid him on his belly on my moms bed and HE ROLLED RIGHT OVER ON HIS BACK! I laughed until I cried. It was the most wonderful thing. I couldn't believe I got so excited but it is the greatest thing watching your child learn and grow to do new things. I want him to do everything now! I've been trying to get him to sit up on his own but of course he does not have the strength or balance for all that yet! That was the best way to end my horrible week. I had a major breakdown on Friday, and I was wondering if I had bit off more than I could chew, but I realized that if I only get one second each day to spend with my baby that is more than I even deserve to have so every other second is just icing on the cake. And one second with him can erase all of the negative hours I go through the rest of the week.

Back to Work!

Well, my time is up and I have returned to the work force this week. Surprisingly, I have enjoyed myself! I came back to a super warm welcome thanks to the terrible job my sub did. I still felt needed and special that everyone was glad to see me. It really stinks being away from Camden all day, but honestly, I think it strengthens my love for him. I have time to miss him and I just can't get home fast enough. The time I have with him now is so much more pleasant and appreciated. Tomorrow is going to be tough. Not only do our students come back, but I also have to go back to UNA tomorrow night as well as Thursday night. I will barely get to see Camden on Wednesdays and Thursdays. UGH! I'm also nervous about the kids coming back. They had some serious party time while I was gone, and I just hope they are ready to buckle down and do some work! They have had a break long enough now.